Last week Apple launched a new laptop, the MacBook Air. This week in tech, the 6th grade split up into 3 groups and each team compared this new ultra-thin laptop to others on the market.

  • Macbook Air
    • OS Leopard
    • $1799-$3098
    • 2GB Ram
    • up to 80GB storage

The competitors were:

Students came up with some interesting comparisons – looking at price, size, features (webcams, peripheral ports, expansion capabilities, graphic cards, etc).  They also made some surprising decisions when weighing all of the options.  Ask your 6th grader for their opinion.